Venues similar to Condesa

Munich's first proper tapas bar, on Amalienstraße since 1995.

Schwabing Lebanese with the proper meze register, near Münchner Freiheit.

Holzplatz hideaway for fresh pasta and Roman pinsa

Same house, looser register, 1 Michelin à la carte

Royal-court Indian fine dining in Schwabing-West.

Schwabing steakhouse on Leopoldstraße, top-50 in Germany.

The Englischer Garten postcard, earns the slot

Munich's serious Afghan kitchen since 2001; cardamom, lamb, and pumpkin borani.

The Westendstraße taverna, Greek-owned, Greek-run, no concession to anyone

The largest beer garden in the world, 8,000 seats under chestnuts, since 1791

The honest Augustiner, brewery canteen, not the tourist Dom version

The Knödel institution Munich locals actually book

The Schneider Weisse mothership, 1872, Weisswurst until noon, Aventinus all night

The Salvator origin, Bavarian Brauhaus on the brewery's home hill

Munich's oldest beer garden, 1812, 5,000 seats under the chestnuts

Old-Munich Wirtshaus on the Viktualienmarkt edge

Beechwood-grilled Nürnberger sausages on a tin plate, off the market

Israeli-German owners, Munich's best hummus on Metzstrasse

The original Hofbräu, 1,400-seat chestnut beer garden, locals' Hofbräu

Munich's largest schnitzel, the Maxvorstadt classic since 1995